An introduction .......while working as a pediatric nurse in October 2016, I suffered both a traumatic brain (TBI) and whiplash injury to my neck. Due to this, I have been unable to work as a nurse.
My injury comes with some debilitating symptoms, which include cognitive issues, chronic headaches, and severe neck pain.
Cannabis helps alleviate my pain, bringing it from a 7/10 daily pain and down to a more tolerable 2 and 3. Other symptoms of my injury include impacted balance/coordination, visual impairment, and depression/anxiety.
I live in Buffalo, NY and I actually travel to Canada every few weeks in order to access legal Canadian cannabis and medicate.
it is my medical hiatus if you will. As I have a Canadian prescription for cannabis, I travel to Ontario where I have an address. I must however consume my medicine in Canada ......
While I do have a prescription in the state of NY and CA, the quality of Canadian cannabis is unmatched, especially the strains available to me through my Licensed producer.
It aids with all my symptoms above and has truly given me a quality of life back. While I have been prescribed numerous, pharmaceutical drugs to treat my injury, most have had severely negative and damaging effects on me physically and emotionally, while cannabis helped me come of off these horrible medications.
My goal is to share cannabis is a viable option for concussion / brain injury / post concussion syndrome ..... cannabis saved my life !
It was never offered as a treatment or an option for care or symptom relief. Drs dismissed the relief it brought me! It is what allows me to live and not just function ! Cannabis is real and it is medicine !
As a nurse I never was taught or had even heard of an endocannaboid system. Now there are nursing organizations and people spreading the knowledge and healing of this plant.
Israel has so much evidence on cannabis and its affect on concussion and TBI.
Specific terpenes I am finding is the key to my symptom relief. High THC and Having access to quality medicine is so important....legalization supports research and more options for medical patients! I am pro cannabis and looking forward to meeting others with the passion for the plant ......see less
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